If . . . (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Reviews

As one of the “angry young directors” of the British cinema movement of the late 1950s and 1960s (along with Tony Richardson, Jack Clayton, Karel Reisz, and John Schlesinger), Lindsay Anderson found a great attraction in anarchy. In many of his films including This Sporting Life, O Lucky Man! and Britannia Hospital, he has often shown a supreme interest in rebels, those who have a growing impatience with the status quo and who long for something new, different, and exciting. With if. . . ., Anderson reached the zenith of his career in examining life, finding it wanting, and doing something drastic to change it. Winning the top prize at Cannes for this movie was a tremendous coup for a director whose entire film career seemed to be an uphill struggle. 

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